Little Snitch Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Little Snitch for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Wireshark, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Little Snitch and 17 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Little Snitch are LuLu, Radio Silence, Tiny Shield and Throttlr.

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  1. Wireshark icon
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    Wireshark is a premier network protocol analyzer used globally in industries and education, offering multi-platform support, deep protocol inspection, powerful display filters, and VoIP analysis. It allows both live capture and offline analysis, supporting various networks and protocols.

    64 Wireshark alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Arch Linux
    • Flathub
    • Fedora
    • FreeBSD
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
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  2. LuLu icon
     56 likes

    Free shared-source firewall for macOS blocking unknown outbound connections unless approved, alerts for unauthorized activity, helps detect malware, blocks OS or app data transmissions, no ads or tracking, audit-ready code on GitHub, enterprise event monitoring.

    19 LuLu alternatives

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    • Mac
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  3. Radio Silence icon
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    Radio Silence lets you block individual apps from accessing the internet. It never throws pop-ups on the screen, and is completely invisible.

    22 Radio Silence alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  4. Tiny Shield icon
     7 likes

    Monitors all network activity on Mac, blocks specific domains, websites, or entire apps, shows hostnames instead of IPs, supports DNS over HTTPS, provides traffic charts, uses fast system extension, developer-friendly, one-time purchase with no subscription required.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  5. Throttlr icon
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    Throttlr is a native macOS utility that shows which apps and signed background services are using your network connection, then lets you control their bandwidth individually.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. As soon as you’re connected to the Internet, your apps can send whatever they want to wherever they want, unnoticed by you, because all of this happens invisibly under the hood.

    43 Little Snitch Mini alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  7. Lockdown Privacy is an Open Source and free firewall for your iOS device. We built the product to help protect users from app developers and analytics companies that are monetizing user data without consent or transparency.

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  8. FireWally icon
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    FireWally is a free firewall app for Mac, powered by Apple Intelligence and designed for anyone who wants to take full control of their online activity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. Netmute icon
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    Find out which apps phone home, contact trackers, or quietly drain your bandwidth. Block any connection with one click — locally. No VPN, no signup, no cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  10. DataCever icon
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    DataCever allows you to monitor and control internet traffic , allowing you to know what consumes your data plan.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. TripMode icon
     10 likes

    Outbound firewall for apps, blocking apps from accessing internet. Useful for reducing data usage when tethering to mobile data, or on a slower wifi connection.

    10 TripMode alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  12. Stronghold icon
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    Easily configure macOS security settings from the terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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